Of Mice and Marathons

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	32.70	Month:	57.70	Year:	1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Wed, Jul 27, 2016

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.60	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.60

PM: Treadmill - 8.6 miles + 25 minutes on the StairMaster

+ Weights

Started a workout but modified it because it wasn't happening. Managed 2 X 15 minutes with 5 minute recovery (10 minutes @ 8.0 into 5 minutes @ 8.5). Was bummed but ultimately not upset. Just trying to run every day, strengthen some weak areas, and see what fall brings.

My feet were so squishy at the end that walking over to get more water I was kicking sweat up from my shoes.

Put in 5 applications to Home Depot. Lots of insulting tests and so forth. In high school, college, and part of my Master's I sold woodworking and contracting tools at two different companies. I hope that's worth something. I had a dream last night about working out an issue for a customer that actually made sense.

Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 8.60

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 21:05:41 from 173.198.176.201

Sorry about the job stuff. Don't take it personal. Good things are on the way.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 21:10:54 from 24.10.247.181

Have you read Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford?

From Jason D on Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 20:51:19 from 68.80.27.222

Thanks, Jeff. I'm getting some bites here and there and one solicitation but I'm not what they are looking for. It's giving me more of a drive to keep going.

I haven't, Rob, but I'm intrigued. I like the idea of not being all and only an academic. It's got a lot of advantages but some of my friends and colleagues I don't envy. They never stop working, even when it's clear that it doesn't always make for a fully healthy partnership. I'll add it to the list. I'm finally back into place where I'm reading.

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